[Closed] G-Shock watches.

I have had there I named to break the strap on two so now have brown
354RL which I think is called a street biker. The only feature I wished it had was the auto light on. You rotate your wrist 45° and the light comes on. Great for night rides 🙂

Love mine. Pretty popular still going by this thread...

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/g-shock-watches-2

Blow a wad & buy the Lego limited edition (if you can get one) 😀

Great watches... find one you like the look of and then go for it.

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Can't go wrong IMO. I have bought three now - two for me and one for my brother. More or less indestructible.

yep get one, mine is still going strong after 5 years of use & abuse.

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Great watches... find one you like the look of and then go for it.

you can have mine for £20.

battery went and I've not bothered to get a new one put in

Guarantee it to be fully working too. A bit chunky for me so only ever worn when riding.

had one for 10 years I bought on a whim when I went out for the weekend and left my normal watch at home.

It's been going strong now and been worn almost every day and still on the original battery. The little loop thing that holds the strap in is just starting to split a bit now (plastic strapped version).

Can't fault it really considering it only cost about £40. Like has been said above, if you like the styling (which not everyone does) they're spot on

just for a bit of balance I had one which made it just pas 12 months. Most functions had stopped working and when the ti strap broke I didn't get it repaired.
I replaced it with an MWC self tritium illuminating military type watch and that has been very good. Keeps very good time and has lasted longer than my G-shock.

get one that is solar powered and syncs off the time signal and you'll never have to mess with it at all. waveceptor/tough solar.
makes me a chuckle a bit that my watch cost less than my mate's breitling (sp?) costs to service. his watch has sat in a drawer for 2 years...

had mine for a couple of years now, and it's never given me any problems. Was quite cheap as well (relatively, about £50).
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you can have mine for £20.

How accurate is the automatic time zone function on the g-shocks? Or, is it possible to override it? I am interested in one of them for work and riding etc so my omega doesn't get wrecked, but I live ten miles from a timeline and cross it every day... I generally just stick to "home" time to keep me straight...

My latest G-Shock

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I nicked a few of the original G-Shock watches. I wish I'd kept a few now, complete in their cases, instead of selling them to buy drugs and trainers. 🙁

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[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Casio-Solar-Radio-Controlled-G-shock-Watch-GW-002E-1VER_W0QQitemZ310229232854QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=217050155668&rvr_id=217050155668&cguid=9c62c60c12e0a47a4446c486ffed2317 ]ive got this one[/url]

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had it about 8 months now. never dropped bellow high battery according to screen. Ive landed on it a few times, bashed it on walls etc and its fine.

Its solar by the way and its autotime, yes you can change the time manually.

+1 for tough solar/waveceptor.
Had one 5 years. No trouble at all.

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Love my one, love the fact its always got spot on time.

I got this one off the stw classifieds at christmas 8)

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I'm in the same boat, and thinking of a GW-6900BC-1ER:

http://www.g-shock.co.uk/products/classic/GW-6900BC-1ER/

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My one is very similar to the picture above and has been going strong for the past 15 years on second battery now (after 12 years from fist one, as I did not use the back light much) only thing is it now fogs up when riding on very cold nights.
For normal everyday wear I use a Nite MX10 that I picked up for £80, tritium markers are really handy at night too. It supposed to be hardy, which the glass appears to be but havent tried shaking it to death on the bike yet-I may do once the G shock dies-if that ever happens.

Mine G-Shock is like jon1973's and goog's, except mine has a rubber strap.

Been good for the last two years of pretty much constant wear but on last Tuesday's night ride I crashed into a tree and one of the strap pins broke, so maybe not as indestructible as people are claiming :|. Still a great watch.

do they do non chunky versions..? can't stand chunky watches me

Suggsey, why did you go and have to mention Nite watches.

I'm now lusting after the MX10!

15 year old watch here. still going strong.

auto illuminator - you need this function!

At he moment I need solar, radio controlled and auto illuminator.
Anything else that is of vital importance?
So far I like [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/g-shock-watches-3#post-2367832 ]this one.[/url], [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/g-shock-watches-3#post-2367793 ]this one,[/url] [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/g-shock-watches-3#post-2367573 ]and this one.[/url] 😀

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I have had this one for 6 years and its still going strong!!!

Casio G-611

I nicked a few of the original G-Shock watches. I wish I'd kept a few now, complete in their cases, instead of selling them to buy drugs and trainers

I'll remind you of that next time you're on your high horse about social responsibility and the selfishness of others. 😕

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Brilliant watches and the only ones I haven't broken yet on the bike!

Had mudman but sold so now down to 2 Casio G-2900V-8VER 🙂

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Do they do any models that aren't the size of a small child strapped to your arm?

I quite like the G-shocks, but I've got girlie wrists and a lot of "men's" watches just look ridiculous on me. I'm guessing "ruggedised" and "small / thin" are mutually exclusive?

Baby G?

Aren't they the ones that are available in a range of pastille colours?

It's difficult, I don't want a "girlie" watch, just don't want to look like I've strapped a clock to my arm.

Not all of them, I too have slender wrists which mask the rugged tiger that I really am, I wouldn't be worried about a Baby-G. If anything it's just a bit different and plenty of the G-shocks come in silly look-at-me colours. Not sure if this is current or an old model, nowt girly about this one.
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but it still says Baby-G, it may as well say "not man enough for a real watch!" 😆

but it still says Baby-G, it may as well say "not man enough for a real watch!"

Currently got one of these, which isn't too big but isn't G shock.
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Any good online shops for these?

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I went for this ProTrek which has a digital compass, barometer and alitimeter. It has all the usual features too including stopwatch and alarm and also has the autolight function. Solar powered and tough.

That's chuffing huge!

had mine for 15 years, never skipped a beat.

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don simon - Member
That's chuffing huge!

That image is not to scale 😉

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